Assessing the seasonal influence of sewage and agricultural nutrient inputs in a subtropical River estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 857-865

  Costanzo, Simon D ^a   O'Donohue, Mark J ^b   Dennison, William C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b S E QLD Water Corporation Limited   (Australia)

^c Integration and Application Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SEWAGE;

AUSTRALIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0142167496     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803344     Document Type: Article

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